[Memorandum dated Sept. 24, 1879 from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to J. Northwood regarding cutting cupid's feet on pottery copy of Portland Vase].

Title: 
[Memorandum dated Sept. 24, 1879 from Josiah Wedgwood & Sons to J. Northwood regarding cutting cupid's feet on pottery copy of Portland Vase].

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Author/Artist: 
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons.
Publisher: 
Etruria, Stoke upon Trent ; September 24, 1879.
Description: 
1 sheet ; 18 x 22 cm.
Subjects: 
Northwood, John, 1836-1902 Records and correspondence.
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Correspondence.
Portland Vase.
Art Reproduction.
Bib ID: 
128888
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Notes: 
Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging May 2012.
Part of a group of letters written 1877-1880 between John Northwood I and Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, during which time Northwood polished the pottery editions of the Portland Vase.
Memo instructs Northwood to go ahead with his suggestion of cutting cupid's feet on a pottery copy of the Portland Vase to make them proportional; also requested is a photograph of the completed work.
"Gold Medal Paris Exhibition, 1878" -- typed in red ink along upper edge.
This item is in the "Grover archive".